mrbiggs
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Post by mrbiggs on Aug 21, 2014 16:47:18 GMT -5
I always wondered the same thing. I think it's just because in the earlier days of Wfigs, from the TTL days up to just before the Classic Superstars line, all (or most) figures were using scans to sculpt the heads. So when people signed up, they saw other people saying "scan" and "headscan" and just copied that. It's just one of those terms that people use without thinking. Finally... someone who wondered the same thing! Back when Jakks first started doing it, it was the "new thing"... Scanning an actors or athlete's head. Then it seemd like every company went on to use that method. I guess I am just too damn old and remember times before scanning was so popular and common. |
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Post by rustyy on Aug 21, 2014 17:37:07 GMT -5
I have absolutely no idea why this would bother you this much, but people call it a scan because it's easy.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Aug 21, 2014 17:50:06 GMT -5
Force of habit, basically. The modern characters are physically scanned for the sculpt, the deceased and classic ones are sculpted by scanning photos.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 23:27:26 GMT -5
Useless thread. It doesn't matter what you call it. They're the same thing
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Post by The Mask of Truth on Aug 21, 2014 23:47:21 GMT -5
For the same reason people refer to "EBay"as "the bay". I have no idea.
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Aug 21, 2014 23:47:34 GMT -5
Why does everyone park in a driveway and drive on a park way? Why does a ship carry cargo, and a car carry shipments? Why are there braille dots on a drive-through ATM keypad? Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? This! |
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Post by Vamp55 on Aug 22, 2014 0:12:04 GMT -5
For wrestlers who have pasted they scan photos from all angles to get the head scan. Then sculptors touch it up. But all the heads are scans from Gentle Giant Studios. Thanks - so the term headscan is correct |
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Aug 22, 2014 0:16:10 GMT -5
I've referred to it as headscan since I was a little tike.
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Post by skribbel24 on Aug 22, 2014 0:43:42 GMT -5
I suppose it's just a term we all got used to. No one is taking it literally, as in "scanning of the head" although it applies to most
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 0:46:14 GMT -5
Because we've referred to rasslin figure heads as "head scans" since 2000 and being rasslin fans, we don't like change.
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Post by hbchris on Aug 22, 2014 0:52:40 GMT -5
Because most people have heard "scan" so much that they don't know there's a difference? Even though it is computer assisted, like you said, deceased wrestlers don't get a 3D headscan, so I'd say sculpt is probably more accurate in those cases. I have noticed on various posts here that most people call a new headsculpt a "headscan" or "scan"... Why is that? I know that a lot of the current superstars are scanned, but I saw in a couple posts where people commented on the new E30 LOD Hawk's "headscan" and the new Andre the Giant. Am I wrong, or hadn't they passed away before that technology was ever available?! I don't really have a problem with people calling the headsculpt a scan, but I found it odd that the term would be used for everyone. Looks like a lot of talented sculptors are not getting their due credit. Let's congratulate THEM on the great likeness, not some machine and a computer. |
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Aug 22, 2014 0:57:14 GMT -5
Because we've referred to rasslin figure heads as "head scans" since 2000 and being rasslin fans, we don't like change. Yup. I'm curious about where it originated, did Jeremy or someone else involved with Jakks at the time start it when the realscan figures started? I don't think I've ever seen it ever used outside of wrestling figures, it's like it's some weird term that's only used by people who come here. I just googled "action figure" "headscan" and all the results (on the first few pages of results at least, I didn't check beyond that) were about wrestling figures so it must just be some weird thing that started on here... And yet, there must be s**tloads of other action figure lines that use scanning technology, but collectors of them haven't take on this odd "headscan" and "scan" terminology for headsculpts that we do here. |
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Post by Flair Forever on Aug 22, 2014 4:23:03 GMT -5
There's nothing that people won't complain about on here.
I'm sure they used scanned photos to develop the renderings..... in the cases of the deceased wrestlers.
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Post by poindizzle on Aug 22, 2014 7:31:23 GMT -5
I figure, even if it is a sculpt, that people are simply calling it a scan in the same way that people will call any cotton swab a Q-tip or any facial tissue a Kleenex.
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Post by JC Motors on Aug 22, 2014 9:15:10 GMT -5
Why does everyone park in a driveway and drive on a park way? Why does a ship carry cargo, and a car carry shipments? Why are there braille dots on a drive-through ATM keypad? Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? Imponderables Book series by David Feldman would answer those questions |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 9:17:25 GMT -5
Because it is the head they sculpt that comes from a scan they use when they scan superstars faces/heads
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Aug 22, 2014 14:35:26 GMT -5
I dont think the sculpt anymore, when you think about it mattel stopped giving cloth accessories for figures beacuse of their budget, I'd imagine having a team of sculptors to sculpt one or two dead superstars faces would bust the budget through the roof, so I'm guessing (could be wrong) that they use photo's from the WWE archives
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Post by homeslice1998 on Aug 22, 2014 15:32:07 GMT -5
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Aug 25, 2014 20:31:36 GMT -5
A handy guide... Head scan: The WWE action figure process begins with Gentle Giant Studios technicians, who scan the subject - in this case, WWE Superstar Alex Riley.   Digital sculptors take the raw visual captured by the scan and refine the rendering. Everything from this point on is a head sculpt:  After computer editing, sculptors hit "Print" and a three-dimensional output of the molding starts to cook in an oversized printer.   |
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Post by Charabro on Aug 25, 2014 21:00:36 GMT -5
Because its a scan of a head, ya dingus
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